GTA 6 Extended Look Draws Netflix Surge as Leaker Cashes Out of Memecoin
Rockstar's extended Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay debut premiered on Netflix, lifting US mobile viewership, while the person behind nine days of leaks exited a Solana token estimated near $250,000.
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The extended gameplay debut of Grand Theft Auto 6, developed by Rockstar Games and published by Take-Two Interactive, has premiered on Netflix, according to GamesIndustry.biz.
Data from Sensor Tower, cited by GamesIndustry.biz, indicated that Netflix's US mobile viewership climbed 35% hour-over-hour during the extended preview.
Separately, the party behind nine days of GTA 6 gameplay leaks exited a Solana-based memecoin, $CYBERLEEK, on Thursday, hours before the Extended Look premiered on Netflix. Tom's Hardware, citing on-chain data reported by CoinDesk, said the wallet that created the token collected roughly $146,000 in wrapped SOL along with 15.4 million tokens in accumulated creator fees, then sold the full allocation for about $125,000 in SOL in a single transaction. GTAForums user ViceCit, who has documented the events, estimated the total exit near $250,000 across four transactions.
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